Robert Smith
Robert, Bob or Bobby Smith, or variants thereof, may refer to:
Business
- Robert MacKay Smith, Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes
- Robert Barr Smith, Australian businessman and philanthropist
- Robert Hall Smith, American railroad executive, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958
- Robert H. Smith (philanthropist), American builder and developer who developed much of the Crystal City, Virginia neighborhood just south of Washington, D.C.
- Robert P. Smith (philanthropist), American financial pioneer, philanthropist and author
- Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, British businessman, governor of the BBC
- Robert F. Smith (investor), American businessman and investor; founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners
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Entertainment
Acting
- Robert Wilton Smith, known as Robb Wilton, English comedian and comic actor
- Robert Smith (American actor), American actor
- Robert Grant Smith, American aeronautical engineer and actor after whom the R.G. Smith Award is named
- Robert O. Smith, American voice actor
- Robert Smith (Canadian actor), Canadian actor and voice actor
Music
- Robert Archibald Smith, Scottish composer, known for his collection Scotish Minstrel, a selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland ancient and modern
- Robert Bache Smith, American librettist and lyricist
- Robert Curtis Smith, American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer), American musician, lead singer of the Spinners
- Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack, American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice
- Bob Smith, founder, singer, keyboardist and drummer for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
- Robert Dean Smith, American operatic tenor
- Robert W. Smith (musician), American composer, arranger and teacher
- Robert Smith (musician), English musician, lead singer and guitarist of The Cure
- Robert L. Smith (recording engineer), American recording engineer and record producer in New York City
- Rob Smith (Irish musician), Irish singer-songwriter and DJ
- Rob Smith (British musician), English contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer
- Rob Sonic, American rapper and record producer
Writing
- Robert Paul Smith, American author
- Robert W. Smith (writer), American martial artist and historian
- Robert Kimmel Smith, American novelist and children's author
- Bob Smith, American author who wrote the memoir Hamlet's Dresser
- Rob Magnuson Smith, British-American novelist, short story writer, and university lecturer
Stage name
- Robert Emil Schmidt, nicknamed Buffalo Bob Smith, American host of TV show Howdy Doody
- Bob and Roberta Smith, pseudonym for British artist Patrick Brill
Other entertainment
- Robert Emmet Smith, American film art director and production designer
- Bob Smith (comics), American comic book inker
- Bob Smith (comedian), American comedian and author
- Normal Bob Smith, American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist
- Robert Farrell Smith, American humorist who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye
- Bob Smith (Atari), American video game developer and producer
- Bob Kupa'a Smith, American host of the television show Wordsmith
History
- Robert Smith (professor), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria
- Robert Bruce Smith IV, American music and history expert
- Robert J. A. Smith, chairman of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London
- Robert W. Smith (historian), scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta
- Robert Chester Smith, American art historian
Journalism
- Robert Smith (journalist, born 1940), journalist for The New York Times
- Robert Smith (journalist, born 1967), correspondent for National Public Radio
- Rob Smith (journalist), BBC South East TV presenter
Law
- Robert Percy Smith, British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
- Robert L. Smith (judge), Nebraska Supreme Court judge
- Robert Ellis Smith, American attorney and author
- Robert S. Smith, New York State Court of Appeals associate judge
Military
- Robert A. Smith, birth name of British soldier and churchwarden Robert Smith-Dorrien
- Robert Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert Smith (Australian Army officer), Australian wool merchant and army officer
- Robert H. Smith (naval officer), United States Navy submariner for whom the destroyer/minelayer USS Robert H. Smith was named
- Robert T. Smith, American World War II flying ace
- Robert G. Smith (colonel), American colonel of the Spanish–American War
Politics and government
Australia
- Robert Murray Smith, politician in colonial Victoria and agent-general for Victoria
- Robert Burdett Smith, solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales
- Robert Harrison Smith, member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Bob Rowland Smith, National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- Bob Smith (Australian politician), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Canada
- Robert Smith (Ontario politician), Canadian member of parliament for Peel, Ontario
- Robert Smith (Canadian judge), Canadian member of parliament for Stormont, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Robert Smith (Newfoundland politician), Newfoundland politician and merchant
- Robert Smith (British Columbia politician), Irish-born member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Robert Black Smith, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 1917–1925
- Robert Knowlton Smith, Canadian member of parliament for Cumberland 1925–1935
- Robert Melville Smith, deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario 1934–1943
New Zealand
- Robert William Smith (politician), member of parliament
United Kingdom
- Robert Smith (MP for Wycombe), member of parliament for Wycombe from 1318 to 1322
- Robert Smith (MP for Derby), MP for Derby in 1420 and 1421
- Robert Smith (MP for Devizes), MP for Devizes
- Robert Smith (fl. 1545), MP for Carlisle
- Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, MP for Nottingham
- Robert Percy Smith, British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
- Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden, known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician and MP
- Robert Smith (trade unionist), general secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers and British Labour Party politician
- Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet, Scottish Unionist politician and MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central
- Robert Smith (colonial administrator), British governor of North Borneo
- Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet, Liberal Democrat politician and MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- Bobby Smith (activist), British political and fathers' rights activist
United States
- Robert Smith (American cabinet member), secretary of state and of the Navy
- Robert Barnwell Smith, known as Robert Barnwell Rhett, U.S. senator and representative from South Carolina
- Robert Smith (Illinois politician), U.S. representative from Illinois
- Robert Hardy Smith, Alabama politician and officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- Robert Burns Smith, governor of Montana
- Robert Lloyd Smith, educator, businessman, and politician in the Texas Legislature
- Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor), mayor of Newport News, Virginia 1956–1958
- Robert Solwin Smith, American ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire
- Robert P. Smith (ambassador), American diplomat
- Bob Smith (Oregon politician), U.S. representative from Oregon
- Robert L. Smith (politician), Republican politician from Idaho
- Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician), U.S. senator from New Hampshire
- Bob Smith (New Jersey politician), New Jersey state senator
- Robert C. Smith (political scientist), political science professor at San Francisco State University
- Robert J. Smith II, American attorney and New Jersey state legislator
Religion
- Robert Smith (bishop), English-born American clergyman, planter and prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina
- Robert Payne Smith, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury
- Robert Pearsall Smith, lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom
- Robert H. Smith (theologian), American Lutheran clergyman, theologian, author and lecturer
- Robert Smith (priest), American Catholic priest, author, and educator
- Robert P. Smith (pastor), American educator, pastor, and writer
Science, engineering and medicine
- Robert William Smith (surgeon), Irish surgeon and pathologist
- Robert Angus Smith, Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain
- Robert Murdoch Smith, Scottish engineer, archaeologist and diplomat
- Robert Smith (surgeon), Sierra Leonean medical doctor and the first African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Bob Smith (doctor), American physician and surgeon who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous
- Robert Allan Smith, Scottish physicist
- Robert J. Smith (anthropologist), Cornell University anthropologist
- Robert H. T. Smith, Australian-Canadian professor of geography
- Robert L. Smith (academic), American engineer, academic and author
- Robert Smith (aerospace engineer), American business executive and aerospace engineer
Sports
Association football
- Robert Smith (footballer, born 1848), Scottish international footballer born in Aberdeen
- Robert Smith (Darwen footballer), English footballer for Darwen in the 1890s
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1870), English footballer born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1900s), Scottish footballer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Robert Smith (footballer, born 1912), English football player and manager born in Atherton, Lancashire
- Bob Smith (footballer), English professional footballer born in Walkden, Lancashire
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933), English footballer born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire
- Bobby Smith (Irish footballer), Irish football player
- Bobby Smith (Canadian soccer), Canadian soccer player
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1941), English footballer born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer and manager born in Prestbury, Cheshire
- Rob Smith (footballer, born 1950), English footballer born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Bobby Smith (American soccer), American soccer player born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1953), Scottish footballer born in Dalkeith, Midlothian
- Rob Smith (soccer), American soccer player born in Wilmington, Delaware
Australian rules football
- Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1877), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1906), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
- Rob Smith (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
Gridiron football
- Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1925), American football defensive back
- Bob Smith (fullback), American football fullback
- Bob Smith (halfback), American football halfback
- Bobby Smith (defensive back), American football defensive back
- Bob Smith (American football coach), college football coach
- Bobby Smith (running back), American football running back
- Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1945), American football defensive back
- Rob Smith (American football, born 1957), college football coach
- Rob Smith (Canadian football), Canadian football offensive lineman
- Robert Smith (defensive end), American football defensive end
- Robert Smith (running back), American football running back and sprinter
- Rob Smith (American football, born 1984), American football player
- Robert Smith (safety), American football safety
- Robbie Smith (Canadian football), Canadian football defensive lineman
Baseball
- Bob Smith (catcher), Negro league baseball player
- Bob Smith (infielder), infielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1890), Major League Baseball pitcher for the White Sox, 1913–1915
- Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895), MLB pitcher for the Braves, Cubs, and Reds, 1923–1937
- Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1928), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cubs, and Indians, 1958–1959
- Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1931), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, and Tigers, 1955–1959
- Bobby Smith (baseball), MLB outfielder, 1957–1965
- Robert Smith (baseball), International Baseball Federation president; instrumental in baseball becoming an Olympic sport
- Rob Smith (baseball), American college baseball coach
Basketball
- Bobby Smith (basketball), American basketball player
- Bingo Smith, American basketball player
- Robert Smith (basketball), American basketball player, NBA
Cricket
- Robert Smith (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer; played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1890
- Robert Smith (Derbyshire cricketer), English cricketer; played first class cricket for Derbyshire 1871–84, captain 1876–83
- Robert Smith (South African cricketer), South African cricketer
- Robert Smith (Wellington cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Smith (Otago cricketer), Australian cricketer who played in New Zealand
- Robert Smith (Cumberland cricketer), English cricketer; played for Cumberland in 2001
Equestrian sports
- Robert Augustus Smith, American racehorse trainer
- Robert Smith (equestrian), British Olympic equestrian
Hockey
- Bob Smith (ice hockey), Canadian minor pro hockey player
- Bobby Smith (ice hockey), all-star NHL hockey player
- Rob Smith (field hockey), Canadian field hockey Olympian
- Robbie Smith (field hockey), British field hockey player
Martial arts
- Robert Smith (boxer), South African Olympic boxer
- Robby Smith, American Greco-Roman wrestler
Water sports
- Bob Smith (rower), New Zealand rower
- Robert Smith (canoeist), Canadian sprint canoer
- Robert J. Smith (sailor), in the 1973 Star World Championships
Other sports
- Bob Smith (coach), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Robert Smith (bowler), American professional ten-pin bowler
- Bobby Smith (javelin thrower), American javelin thrower
- Rob Smith (racing driver), British racing driver
- Robbie Smith (rugby union), Scottish rugby union player
- Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1870), Irish rugby union player
- Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1907), Scottish rugby union player
- Robert Smith (sport shooter), English sport shooter
- Bobby Smith (pole vaulter), winner of the 1949 and 1950 NCAA DI outdoor pole vault championship
- Robert Smith (sprinter), American NCAA champion sprinter and football player
- Bob Smith (sprinter), American sprinter, 1948 200 m All-American for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish track and field team
- Bob Smith (sprinter, born 1921), American sprinter, 1942 and 1943 All-American for the Washington Huskies track and field team
Other
- Robert Smith (mathematician), English mathematician and music theorist
- Robert Smith (architect), American architect
- Robert Cross Smith, English astrologer
- Robert Benjamin Smith, American mass murderer
- Robert J. Smith, an Australian-Canadian mathematician who later changed their name to Stacey Smith?
- Robert W. Smith (chess player), New Zealand chess FIDE Master
- Robert Rowland Smith, British lecturer, writer on various subjects such as philosophy, politics, psychology and art
- Robert Smith (murderer), the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland